Astronomers have found a rocky planet where it should not exist, orbiting far from a cool red star. Could this strange ...

Astronomers have found a distant world that challenges planetary formation theory, with a rocky planet where gas giants should be.

An exoplanetary system about 116 light-years from Earth could flip the script on how planets form, according to researchers ...

A newly studied solar system breaks the usual planet pattern, raising fresh questions about how rocky and gas planets form.

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Tiny shavings from a single meteorite could completely overturn our understanding of how the solar system formed, after the space rock turned out to be older than expected. Previous research suggests ...

A planetary system 116 light-years from Earth has a peculiar pattern. It could flip the script on how planets form, ...

The workings of our solar system are roughly the same now as they have been for millions of years. Moons circle their planets, the planets circle the sun, the sun’s magnetic fields and sunspots wax ...

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